Female alcoholics

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Abstract
A significantly higher number of females were admitted as a result of an acute complication: unconsciousness, suicide attempt, confusion, neurological disorders, etc., while males generally sought treatment under less dramatic circumstances. In those patients with previous in-patient psychiatric treatment a diagnosis without an alcohol connection was significantly more common among the women. Drug abuse was more frequent among the female as compared with the male alcoholics, and the specific lonely drinking pattern was more common among the women. A striking difference between the sexes appeared with respect to partner: > 1/2 of the married women had alcoholic husbands. The corresponding figure for the married men was .apprx. 10%.

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